Writing Tip: Assume your readers are at least as smart as you. Your plot twist? They probably saw it coming. Rethink it a hundred times.

Which was the more important event in 1969, the Apollo 11 moon landing or Woodstock?

"Everything feels difficult when you're about to level up. Don't quit."

Writing Tip: Be a writers' room, plural. Question your ideas. Suggest twists, turns, and lines beyond the obvious. Your first instinct is cliché. Contrary to common advice, don't trust it. Challenge it.

Writing Tip: It's nice to have a bad guy get their comeuppance not from the protagonist, but another, more dangerous bad guy. The poetic justice is delicious...and makes the ultimate bad guy even scarier when the protagonist finally confronts them.

Thank goodness sci-fi has a home with Apple TV ! Silo , Hello Tomorrow, For All Mankind, Murderbot, Foundation, Time Bandits... 😌 Refreshing. 🚀

Beta Reading Tip: Subtle Interiority While close POV is great, also find moments to convey character thoughts without saying them directly. Use an expression or silence. This lets readers intuit, building suspense and deeper engagement.

Agree or disagree? "As a writer, it's not your job to worry about people's reactions to your work, it's your job to simply do the best work you can."

"Have trouble thinking? Get doing." -Murderbot, Ep. 6 Apple TV

What couldn't you believe you had to explain to a grown-ass adult?

Hope everyone is enjoying a fantastic Independence Day! Wishing you all a day filled with good company and good times. Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇲🎇

I just blocked 6 of the 7 recent follows I received because they were obviously bots or scammers. Sheesh!

Harking back to May when Ellie was Astronaut Mae Jemison for Biography Day. She rocked her 30-second speech. Out of this world! 🚀👩‍🚀

Writers, how do you manage cultural appreciation versus appropriation in your stories? What does respectful inspiration look like to you, or should we even make a distinction?

Brain teaser: Which two letters don't appear on the periodic table? Hint: One has a tittle, the other a tail.

Lol. Zombies. Star Trek on Paramount+ #StrangeNewWorlds

When you get off track with your writing routine or goals, is it usually for hours, days, weeks, months, or years at a time? I must admit, for me, it's been all of the above, but "usually" weeks at a time. 😬

"A hero would sacrifice you to save the world. But a villain would sacrifice the world to save you." Thoughts??

"Love you!" #lalaland #iykyk

Just finished revising a 14,500-word YA novelette. It cooks. But now, there's nowhere to submit it--no journals, anthologies, or contests. The dreaded "novelette no-man's-land." I'll keep looking. It's a shame there isn't a greater appetite for non-speculative novelettes.